{"id":305545,"date":"2026-02-19T05:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/305545\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T05:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:25:17","slug":"ho99o9s-yeti-bones-10-records-that-changed-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/305545\/","title":{"rendered":"Ho99o9’s Yeti Bones: 10 records that changed my life"},"content":{"rendered":"

If his music wasn’t enough of a dead giveaway, Ho99o9 vocalist Yeti Bones likes to push boundaries. Hip hop, electronica, metal – all have featured heavily in his band’s work.<\/p>\n

So when Hammer caught up with Mr. Bones to ask which records excite him most, we should’ve expected an eclectic mix…<\/p>\n

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1. The Temptations – My Girl (The Temptations Sing Smokey, 1965)<\/p>\n

“My father’s favourite group are The Temptations. I heard them all the time growing up. He would have Temptations albums strictly for Christmas! I know My Girl like the back of my hand. It will forever make me think about my father and that bond and that nostalgia. Now I\u2019m older, I can go back to him and pull up a YouTube video of them performing live somewhere, and he\u2019ll be like, \u2018Oh, shit! I\u2019ve never seen that!\u2019”<\/p>\n

The Temptations – My Girl (Lyric Video) – YouTube
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\n2. Bad Brains – Attitude (Bad Brains, 1982)<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw a group called Ninjasonik in New York and it literally changed my life. They did this cover of Bad Brains\u2019 Attitude and the place went fucking mad! People falling on top of each other, beer flying everywhere, somebody was jumping off the fucking balcony. I get kicked, I fall to the ground, someone picks me up. It was this beautiful chaos; it was like my love language.<\/p>\n

I looked for Attitude on YouTube and Bad Brains\u2019 CBGB video came up [Live At CBGB 1982]. My mind fucking exploded. I didn\u2019t even know Black people could make music like that! We would not have Ho99o9 if I didn\u2019t go to that show.”<\/p>\n

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Bad Brains – Attitude (Live at CBGB) – YouTube
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\n3. Sepultura – Mass Hypnosis (Beneath The Remains, 1989)<\/p>\n

\u201cMass Hypnosis was my gateway drug into everything else Sepultura<\/a> have done. I came across the song through a live video; I think they were performing in Brazil. We\u2019ve all listened to metal with fucking riffs upon riffs upon tones upon vocals. It can all get mixed up, with every band sounding like every other band, but for some reason \u2013 with this fucking riff, the vocals, the groove \u2013 I was like, \u2018This is different!\u2019<\/p>\n

I like bands that revolve around their culture, their ethnicity. It hits me a bit different because I\u2019m African-American and we don\u2019t really make this kind of music nowadays. Even though it started with us, not too many of us try to uphold it in the metal, punk, heavy world.”<\/p>\n

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Sepultura – Mass Hypnosis [Under Siege Live In Barcelona 1991] – YouTube
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\n4. Nine Inch Nails – Closer (The Downward Spiral, 1994)<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Bad Brains are my number-one influence, Nine Inch Nails<\/a> are number two. The first time I saw the video for Closer, it made me squirmy and a bit uncomfortable. It makes you question yourself in the best way possible. It\u2019s like fine wine. When you first hear it, you get that reaction, that tingle. Then, as you get older and dive into the band, you just get immersed and involved. There\u2019s no casual, half-assed Nine Inch Nails fan.”<\/p>\n

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Nine Inch Nails – Closer (Director’s Cut) – YouTube
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\n5. DMX – Ruff Ryder’s Anthem (It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot, 1998)<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a 90s baby. I grew up in north New Jersey, and DMX was my favourite rapper. I remember seeing the video for Ruff Ryders\u2019 Anthem and thinking it was the coolest shit. It had this gang of Black bikers with Suzukis, Kawasakis and four-wheelers! It looked like a scene out of the Warriors movie. I was like, \u2018Yeah, this is the shit!\u2019”<\/p>\n

DMX – Ruff Ryders’ Anthem – YouTube
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\n6. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – Crossroads (E. 1999 Eternal)<\/p>\n

\u201cBone Thugs-N-Harmony actually came [to me] before DMX. Tha Crossroads is magical, man. The video is so deep, because it\u2019s about one of their homies who\u2019d died recently.<\/p>\n

It has these scenes of when it\u2019s people\u2019s time to go, with the Reaper taking their souls. As a kid, I was just like, \u2018Damn!\u2019 I kind of didn\u2019t even understand it. I bought the full album [E. 1999 Eternal] and it is horrorcore! It\u2019s like the black metal version of hip hop. My mom was like, \u2018What the fuck is this?!\u2019 It\u2019s crazy \u2013 Tha Crossroads is the only song on there that\u2019s uplifting.”<\/p>\n

7. Mr. Bungle – My Ass In On Fire (Mr. Bungle, 1991)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Ho99o9 first started and we moved to LA, one of our biggest shows was opening for Faith No More<\/a>. Mike Patton, to me, is a god. He\u2019s a top-five vocalist for me, and just mad cool and down-to-earth.<\/p>\n

His other band, Mr. Bungle, are the most experimental, over-the-top, Looney Tunes, fucking circus shit. The most beautiful, hectic, bizarre thing I\u2019ve ever heard. My Ass Is On Fire was one of the first Mr. Bungle songs I heard, and I was just like, \u2018You motherfuckers are weird! I like y\u2019all! This is the shit that gets me horny!\u2019 The song is five, six minutes and it\u2019s just like a rollercoaster!<\/p>\n

8. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Put A Spell On You (At Home With Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, 1956)<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of our producers, David Sitek, once played us a Screamin’ Jay Hawkins live video, and I was amazed! I Put A Spell On You came out way before anybody else put horror in their music, way before Black Sabbath, so I was like, \u2018What the fuck?!\u2019 That shit is timeless. It made an imprint on the music world. He was the original shock rocker, before Alice Cooper.<\/p>\n

9. Body Count – There Goes The Neighborhood (Body Count, 1992)<\/p>\n

\u201cBody Count are another pioneering band. Ice-T is a motherfucking G. He came from hip hop and rap, from the streets, and he started a metal band full of gangsters.<\/p>\n

The attitude of There Goes The Neighborhood is unapologetic. The lyrics are so in-your-face and fuck-you! A lot of metal songs are about Dungeons & Dragons and people getting slayed, but Ice-T was so much more real.”<\/p>\n

There Goes the Neighborhood – YouTube
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\n10. Ho99o9 – Bite My Face (Skin, 2022)<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m including Bite My Face by my own band, HO99O9, because that collab [with Corey Taylor] was a dream. Corey was a genuine human being and a down-ass motherfucker. That\u2019s the type of people I wanna be around: people who genuinely fuck with me.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to do anything with nobody that\u2019s half-assed, or because our agents put us together. You might tour with your favourite musicians, but tours come and go. A song lasts forever! Sixty years from now, I can look back and go, \u2018I did a song with the dude from fucking Slipknot! And that shit was good!\u2019”<\/p>\n

Ho99o9 (Horror) feat. Corey Taylor – BITE MY FACE – Prod. by Travis Barker – YouTube
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